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Vorks
OF
THOMAS CHALMERS, D. D.
MINISTER OF THE TRON CHURCH, GLASGOW.
COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME.
Philadelphia:
TOWAR, J. & D. M. HOGAN: AND HOGAN & Co. PITTSBURG.
SOLD ALSO BY J. P. HAVEN, New-York; AND PIERCE & WILLIAMS, Boston.
Stereotyped by L. Johnson.
1830.
DISCOURSES ON THE CHRISTIAN REVELATION, VIEWED IN
CONNEXION WITH THE MODERN ASTRONOMY.
DISCOURSE I-A Sketch of the Modern Astro-
nomy.
"When I consider thy heavens, the work of
thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou
hast ordained; What is man, that thou art mind-
ful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest
him?"-Psalm viii. 3, 4.
Disc. II-The Modesty of True Science.
"And if any man think that he knoweth any
thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to
know."-1 Cor. viii. 2.
Disc. III. On the Extent of the Divine Conde-
scension.
"Who is like unto the Lord our God, who
dwelleth on high; Who humbleth himself to be-
hold the things that are in heaven, and in the
earth!"-Psalm схііі. 5, 6.
DISC. IV. On the Knowledge of Man's Moral
History in the Distant Places of Creation.
"Which things the angels desire to look
into.-1 Peter i. 12.
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75
83
89
DISC. V. On the Sympathy that is felt for Man in
the Distant Places of Creation.
42
45
"I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in
heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than
over ninety and nine just persons which need no
repentance."-Luke xv. 7.
Disc. VI. On the Contest for an Ascendency
over Man, among the Higher Orders of Intelli-
gence.
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56
58
96
102
"And having spoiled principalities and powers,
he made a show of them openly, triumphing over
them in it."-Col. ii. 15.
DISC. VII. On the slender Influence of mere
Taste and Sensibility in Matters of Religion. 107
"And lo! thou art unto them as a very lovely
song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can
play well on an instrument; for they hear thy
words, but they do them not." -Ezekiel xxxiii.
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Appendix.
SERMONS ON THE DEPRAVITY OF HUMAN NATURE.
SERMON L-The Necessity of the Spirit to give
Effect to the Preaching of the Gospel.
"He answered and said unto them, Because it
is given unto you to know the mysteries of the
kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
For whosoever hath, to hirm shall be given, and
he shall have more abundance; but whosoever
hath not, from him shall be taken away even that
he hath."-Matth. xiii. 11, 12.
SERM. IV-An Estimate of the Morality that is
without Godliness.
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"If I wash myself with snow water, and make
my hands never so clean; yet shalt thou plunge
me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall ab-
hor me. For he is not a man, as I am, that I
should answer him, and we should co me together
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"For we dare not make ourselves of the num-
ber, or compare ourselves with some that com-
mend themselves: but they, measuring them-
selves by themselves, and comparing themselves
among themselves, are not wise."-2 Cor. x. 12.
SERM. VIII.-Christ the Wisdom of God.
"Christ the Wisdom of God."-1 Cor. i. 24.
SERM. IX. - The Principles of Love to God.
"Keep yourselves in the love of God."-
Jude 21.
SERM. X. Gratitude, not a Sordid Affection.
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176
"We love him, because he first loved us."-
1 John iv. 19.
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